Device for suspending light-transmitting bowls.



l. T. ROBB DEVICE FUR SUSPENDING LIGHT TRANSMiTTlNG BOWLS'.

APPLICAUUN mw FEB. 1i. w17.v

Patentd June .5, 191?.

te f t" n rfi @entre entri ein i ne le JAMES T. ROBE, OF BAY SECURE, NEW YORK,

'application inea rebmary 1?, isi?.

To zZZ whom may concern.'

Be it known that l, Janes T. Rose, a subjeCt et the King of Great Britain, residing at Bay lhore, in the county ot Suffolk and State oi New York., have invented an Inte provenient in Devices for Suspending Lightm 'iransmitting Bowls, of which the f ollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to means for suspending a translucent bowl in electric light ing fixtures beneath and surrounding the lamp er lamps in order to provide for the indirect transmission of the light and to pre vent injury to the eyes, which is liable to occur where powerful lamps are employed which transmit the light in a direct manner. In many fixtures of such character a shade or dome is employed above the lamps, and where a translucent bowl has been suspended below such shade or dome, it has been necessary to make holes in the shade or dome for the passage olf the suspending chains or rods, and these apertures are frequently the cause of much damage to the glassware. One object of my present invention is to avoid the necessity for making holes in the shades or domes, thereby preventing injury to the glassware from such canse, and a further object oli the invention is to provide means for so doing which is applicable to various styles of lighting fixtures at present in use without requiring any change whatever in such lixtures, and also allowing for the at-` tachment of my device with great facility and without requiring the employment et any additional means to retain it in position.

The details of the invention are herein after particularly described.

ln the accompanying drawing:

Figure l is a plan oi? a blank showing my improved hanger out out-therefrom and before the arms are bent to position for use.

Fig. EZ is a plan view or the same after the arms are bent to position;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of the same showing the chains attached.

Fig. Ll is an elevation showing the hanger in position upon a shade or dome, a portion oi the shade being broken away.

Figi 5 is an elevation showing the hanger connected to a ixture and supporting a translucent bowl beneath the shade or dome, and

Fig. 6 is a similar View showing the Specification of Letters '.E'atent.

E-Patented l une 5, 1159i *33.

serial no.. :liaise hanger connected to a different style of fixture.

Similar reference characters denotelike parts throughout the several views.

10, indicates a iiat ring provided with spaced depending arms 1l. lillhile this ring and the arms may be cast or otherwise .formed integral, the arms may be made separate from the ring and connected to it in any suitable manner. but fl prefer to cut the ring and arms out of a single piece oiI sheet metal as illustrated in. lig. 1 and afterward to bend the arms do\'-.uiwardly at right angles as shown in the remaining igures of the drawing. To the free end of each arm there is connected in any suitable manner a chain 12. I have shown the arms as provided with a hole 13 for this purpose.

The other. end oi each of the chains 12 is provided with means for attachment to a bowl; l have shown hooks 14 for making such connection.

15, indicates a shade or dome having the customary open neck 16 with flanged top.

The ring 10 is seated upon the top of the neck of the bowl with the arms 11 extending downwardly within the neck' and adjacent its sides, having the chains 1'?. attached, as most clearly illustrated in Fig. el. lt is then ready for connection with a fixture and is applicable to Yfixtures either provided with a shell or socket cover for connection with the shade or dome, or having a shade ring or holder into which the lamp socket screwed. ter ot lizlture in Fig. ai. and the latter in ln Fig. 5,117 denotes the socket cover. and 18 a, tube the threaded end o'lf which connects with the top of the socket; the coin ductorwires (not shown) pass through the tube 18. to the lamp socket within the cover 17. lines.

The socket cover at its bottom has an annular 'rim Q0, provided with spaced holes and threaded bushings 21, to receive the set screws 22, which pass under the anged rino of' the shade or dome 15 and 'support it within the socket cover.

Q3, indicates a. bowl ot translucent material suspended beneath the shade or deine 15, bythe chains l2.

s illustrated in this lligure7 the bowl 23, is provided with spaced holes 24, adjacent l have illustrated the first charac- Sil An electric lamp 19, is shown in dotted lil@ its top into which the hooks 14 at the ends of the chains 12 are inserted.

In the style of ixture illustrated in Fig. 6, my improvement is connected in the same manner as in the iixture illustrated in Fig. 5, that is, the ring 10, is seated upon the top of the open neck of the shade or dome with the arms 11, and chains 12, projecting downwardly within the shade or dome. The shade holder 26 is then placed over the ring 10, and secured to the shade by the set screws 27; the socket 28 is then screwed into lthe threaded opening in the holder 26, and

the lamp 29 screwed into the socket. A.

' translucent howl may then be connected with vthe lower ends of the chains 12, as 1n the other instance.

vThis ixture may loe hung from the ceiling by a chain 30 or connected with a tube or pipe as in the liXture illustrated in Fig. 5, which fixture may also be suspended by a chain if desired.

By the employment of my invention, the

necessity for making holes in the 4shades or domes isl entirely avoided. It may be connectedl with various fixtures already in common use 4with great facility andv without making any changes whatever in such ixtures, and without requiring any additional means for securing it in place. The ring has a uniform hearing upon the 'top of the neck of the shade or dome Ithereby avoiding any uneven strain upon the glassware, and is capable of supporting a very. heavy bowl.

I claim as my invention:

yIn a lighting fixture and in combination, a shade having an open neck, a metal disk seated upon the top of said neck and having al, central opening corresponding with the opening in the neckiof the shade, said disk having integral spaced right angled projec- 'tions extending through the neck of the shade, a lamp socket, a cover for the saine fitting over lsaid disklfand surrounding thc neck of the shade, means for securing said shade to the socket cover, chains each attached atone end to one of said projections at its free end', a howl, and means connected to the lower end of each chain for connection witisaid howl and for suspendingthe same beneath said shade.

Signedlby me this 14th day of February,

JAMES T. ROBB. 

